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Flying Through Hurricane Caroline Eye

Photo: NOAA P-3 flying in eye of Hurricane Caroline

After slicing through violent wind, rain, hail, and updrafts, a National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration P-3 plane flies in the calm eye of Hurricane Caroline. Specially equipped NOAA aircraft collect meteorological data from the upper atmosphere for hurricane forecasting.

Photograph courtesy NOAA